Reduce, as expenses
The crossword clue "Reduce, as expenses" is answered by PARE, a 4-letter entry. Used 26 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PARE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PARE answer page.
Used 26 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PARE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PARE, most used first.
- Whittle down - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
- Trim - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Peel - used 74 times, most recently in 2025
- Cut back - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
- Whittle - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- Reduce - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Trim down - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Remove the rind from - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Rid of rind - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Skin - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Shave - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
- Scale down - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Nuisance - PEST, used 336 times
- "Hey, you!" - PSST, used 325 times
- Entreaty - PLEA, used 282 times
- Equal - PEER, used 256 times
- Saucy - PERT, used 233 times
- "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times
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